Tag: South Korea
Calls for the resignation of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol have rung out from civil society and beyond after Yoon declared martial law on December 3rd. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) called for strikes until Yoon steps down, and groups under and beyond that organization are heeding the call...
Exemplifies serious war crisis whose roots are being twisted in the U.S. media
In early April, the United States and South Korea conducted joint naval exercises in the Sea of Japan near the coast of Pohang, 262 kilometers southeast of Seoul.
The exercise—in which the U.S. dispatched an expeditionary sea base...
Part of mounting popular disaffection against South Korea’s conservative leader whom the RAND Corporation branded as a “perfect partner” for the U.S.
South Korea is hitting the headlines again but not for the reasons that its leaders would like.
Protests have erupted in the wake of a new law supported...
U.S. Policy in Korea is Stuck in a Time Warp With Little Having Changed Since 1950
Dermot Hudson - 1
The DPRK Has Thwarted U.S. Designs to Control the Korean Peninsula in a Major Historical Accomplishment.
On August 15, 1945, Korea was liberated from Japanese imperialist colonial rule thanks to the arduous armed struggle waged by the anti-Japanese partisans led by the guerrilla leader Kim Il Sung.
Japanese imperialist rule, which...
Drinking Water, Rivers, Fish, Crabs, Breast Milk, Babies and Teenagers Are Poisoned
United States Forces Korea would like the South Korean public to believe that the threat to public health posed by its use of per- and poly fluoroalkyl substances, (PFAS) since the 1970s is not much of a problem...
Protests Threaten Biden Administration’s Plans for a New Golden Era in U.S.-South Korean Relations
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 2
Protesters in Seoul demand withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Korea
During his trip to the Indo-Pacific in May, U.S. President Joe Biden made his first stop in South Korea where he hoped to inaugurate a new golden era of U.S.-South Korean relations.
South Korea’s newly elected President Yoon Suk-yeol was...